Christianity and the Transformation of the Book : : Origen, Eusebius, and the Library of Caesarea / / Anthony GRAFTON.
Christianity and the Transformation of the Book combines broad-gauged synthesis and close textual analysis to reconstruct the kinds of books and the ways of organizing scholarly inquiry and collaboration among the Christians of Caesarea, on the coast of Roman Palestine. The book explores the dialect...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Cast of Characters
- Introduction: Scholars, Books, and Libraries in the Christian Tradition
- 1. Origen at Caesarea: A Christian Philosopher among His Books
- 2. Origen's Hexapla: Scholarship, Culture, and Power
- 3. Eusebius's Chronicle: History Made Visible
- 4. Eusebius at Caesarea: A Christian Impresario of the Codex
- Coda: Caesarea in History and Tradition
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index